The history of child protection in the African American community: Implications for current child welfare policies

Jimenez, Jillian

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2005.10.004

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“…These variables were selected based on the standing literature and on the absence of large portions of missing data. The variable for child’s race is African American/Black was used because this race is overrepresented in the child welfare population (Jimenez, 2006; Knott & Giwa, 2012). Additional child race or ethnicity variables were not included in the analyses because of concerns about missing data.…”

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Testing if Social Services Prevent Fatal Child Maltreatment Among a Sample of Children Previously Known to Child Protective Services

Douglas

2016

Child Maltreat

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The purpose of this article was to examine the potential impact of child welfare services on the risk for fatal child maltreatment. This was conducted using a subsample of children who were identified as "prior victims" in the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System from 2008 to 2012. At the multivariate level, the analyses show that case management services act to protect children from death as do family support services, family preservation services, and foster care, but that the results vary by type of maltreatment experienced. The author recommends that before strong conclusions are drawn, additional research in this area is warranted.

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Testing if Social Services Prevent Fatal Child Maltreatment Among a Sample of Children Previously Known to Child Protective Services

Douglas

2016

Child Maltreat

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“…One of the most prominent philosophies regarding a response to maltreatment is termed parens patriae. Within the United States, the current relationship between children and government is said to be defined by this philosophy ( Jimenez, 2006;Small & Wanke, 1994). As noted by Hamilton (2006), ''Parens patriae power is the state's power to act to protect from harm or promote the welfare of individuals who lack the capacity to act in their own best interest' ' (p. 34).…”

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Organizational Configurations of American Child Maltreatment Reporting Systems

Steen

2011

Journal of Public Child Welfare

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“…20 Kinship care is relatively cost-effective and may keep children more connected with their families, communities, and cultures compared with nonkinship care. 24,25 Multiple studies suggest specific advantages when children are placed with members of their birth family. [26][27][28][29][30][31][32] In a systematic review, authors found that children placed in kinship foster care experienced fewer behavioral problems, mental health disorders, and placement disruptions compared with their counterparts in nonkinship care.…”

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Pediatrician Guidance in Supporting Families of Children Who Are Adopted, Fostered, or in Kinship Care

2020

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The child welfare system strives to provide children and adolescents in foster care with a safe, nurturing environment through kinship and nonkinship foster care placement with the goal of either reunification with birth parents or adoption. Pediatricians can support families who care for children and adolescents who are fostered and adopted while attending to children' s medical needs and helping each child attain their developmental potential. Although this report primarily focuses on children in the US child welfare system, private and internationally adopted children often have similar needs. THE FACES OF CHILD WELFARE IN THE UNITED STATES The child welfare system strives to protect the safety of children while supporting families whose children are placed in foster care. In this document, the term "child" includes infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. The child welfare system also serves as a bridge to the primary goal of permanency through reunification or adoption. On September 30, 2018, the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System reported that 437 283 children and adolescents were in foster care. 1 Of these children, 262 956 entered foster care during the fiscal year of 2018, with 250 103 exiting foster care. The number of children served in the foster care system during 2018 was 687 345. There were 125 422 children waiting to be adopted, with 71 254 having parental rights terminated and 63 123 subsequently being adopted from care. Primary reasons for entering foster care include neglect (62%), parental substance use (36%), poor coping skills of the caregiver (14%), physical abuse (13%), and inadequate housing (10%). Other reasons that account for less than 10% in each category include child behavior problems, parental incarceration, parental alcoholism, abandonment, sexual abuse, child disability, relinquishment, parental death, and child alcohol and other substance use. 1 A growing number of children, estimated to be 5% to 10%

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The history of child protection in the African American community: Implications for current child welfare policies

Cited by 29 publications

References 16 publications

Testing if Social Services Prevent Fatal Child Maltreatment Among a Sample of Children Previously Known to Child Protective Services

Testing if Social Services Prevent Fatal Child Maltreatment Among a Sample of Children Previously Known to Child Protective Services

Organizational Configurations of American Child Maltreatment Reporting Systems

Pediatrician Guidance in Supporting Families of Children Who Are Adopted, Fostered, or in Kinship Care

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